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RANGE. 



It is confined to Western Australia, so far as we know at present. Found at a 

 locality called Salmon Gams, 06 miles north of Espe v ance, in open forest, with 

 E. diptera. (C. A. Gardner, No. 2227, 24th May, 1924. The type.) 



AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. dumosa A. Cunn., dealt with in Parts IV and XXXVIII, Crit. Rev. 



The buds of E. ovularis are very like some of the small-flowering forms of 

 E. dumosa, and the immature anthers also resemble those of the latter species, but the 

 fruits and other characters are very dissimilar. 



2. With E. Kondininensis Maiden and Blakely, p 404. 



The anthers of both species are somewhat alike, and the leaves are also narrow, 

 'but they are easily separated by other morphological characters. 



3. With E. oleosa F.v.M. 



Some forms of E. oleosa are noted for their narrow leaves and in the absence of 

 fruits could be easily passed over as E. ovularis. And as both species are of a somewhat 

 similar habit, it is quite easy to make a mistake. 



4. With E. Dundasi Maiden. See Part XXXIII. 



Its affinity with E. Dundasi is mainly in the narrow, glossy leaves, and in the 

 slightly urceolate buds, but the operculum is more rostrate in E. Dundasi, and the 

 anthers are narrower. 



5. With E. cladoealyx F.v.M., dealt with in Part XXXVI, p. 161, Crit. Rev. 

 The buds and fruits of E. ovularis are somewhat similar to some of the small 



forms of E. cladoealyx, but they are much smaller in the former, and the anthers are 

 quite different. 



